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Show Page B3 Heard Around the West by Betsy Marston, regional news analyst ne writers had a field day in western Colorado with the upbeat story of a plucky chicken saved from drowning in a tub, thanks to a man employing mouth to beak COLORADO-Headli- resuscitation, reports The Associated Press. Chicken-owne- r g bird: Uegene Safken says he first yelled at the Youre too young to die! and then breathed air into the chicken after swinging it around by its legs. The feat made national news, and Jon Stewarts comedy program planned to visit Safkens home just outside rural Collbran to film a news spot for the TV show. This may involve a dramatic of the rescue, reports the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, with a rubber chicken playing the part of the buff Orpnot But to the reof stories new miraculous are ington. poultry town of The for celebrates the gion. Fruita, instance, annually bizarre survival of a headless chicken named Mike, who lived for 18 months after a beheading that didnt take. His owner put feed and water directly into Mikes gullet with an eyedropper, says AP. He was a popular attraction until he choked to death on a com kernel. WYOMING-Outdoo- rs columnist Bob Meinecke writes about the outdoors with authority in the Cody Enterprise. He loves to say Remember when" as he launches into accounts of the amazing sights hes witnessed in the wild, like the time he and his young son saw three different bobcats in a day, and each cat eyed them before moving on. Another time, they watched while two huge bull elk interlocked antlers and shoved each other around for a spell, and then walked away into the timber together, like two buddies whod never had so much as a cross word between them. Meinecke was alone except for his dog the day he blundered into a bear, but it was the bear that backed away after deciding Meinecke looked a bit too untrustworthy. Meinecke also saw a magpie try to kill a mouse by flying into the air with it and dropping it, over and over. More gruesomely, there was the time he watched a terrified jackrabbit run across the snow, squalling in terror, a tiny ermine dangling from its lifeless-lookin- still-unnam- ed neck. ARIZONA-An- n blood-soake- d Coulter, the brainy blonde bombshell ofthe accused an Arizona county attorney of political right, bias after he dismissed charges against two men who allegedly threw pies at her during a speech in October 2004. But according to the Arizona Daily Star, the charges were dropped because both Coulter and the arresting officer failed to appear in court for the scheduled trial. A new court date may still be set. NEW MEXICO-G- od helps those who help themselves, an named Brother William, who monk entrepreneurial says fellow he and his religious can brew beer on the grounds hopes of the Pecos Benedictine Monastery near Santa Fe. Donations cant always be counted on, he says, so financial independence tradimakes sense. A brewery also continues a centuries-ol- d Tribune tion. Brother William told the Albuquerque that At one point in medieval Europe, there were no other breweries but monastic breweries. The joint venture of the Pecos and Abiquiu monasteries cleared a legal hurdle when the county commission gave its blessing by a vote of state approval must come next. ALASKA-C- an there be too many bald eagles? Some residents of Homer, Alaska, population 4,200, emphatically say yes. birds with their seven-foo- t Theyre fed up because the wingspans and powerful talons have become so numerous that theyve run amok, says the Washington Post. Local veterinar- 5-- 0; - tEfrg -- Thursday, June 9, 2005 Free fishing day proclaimed on Saturday Fishing waters throughout Utah should see plenty of anglers Saturday, June 11, as the Division of Wildlife Resources marks Free Fishing Day in Utah. People will not nded a fishing license to fish in the state that day. All other regulations found in the 2005 Utah Fishing Proclamation will be in ef- lamation will be in effect. Anglers, especially those who might be fishing for the first time, are encouraged to pick up a copy of the proclamation and learn the rules. Proclamations are available at the DWRs Web site and at Division of Wildlife Resources offices in Ogden, Salt Lake City, Springville, Vernal, Price and Cedar City. (wildlife.utah.gov); from fishing license agents statewide; fect. Were trying to attract people to fishing by having a free day, says Tom Pettengill, sport fisheries coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. DWR staff treat Free Fishing Day as they would a holiday weekend, stocking additional fish to meet the additional demand. Pettengill says anglers fishing June 11 may want to focus their efforts on lakes and reservoirs. Thats where most of the fish stocked for Free Fishing Day will be ' placed. Pettengill reminds those fishing June 11 that while no license is required, all other limits and regulations found in the 2005 Utah Fishing Proc- ian Ralph Broshes says the eagles bang into cars, get tangled in fences, and their y copious droppings are stinky. The big birds also prey on cats and small dogs, and have wiped out visiting sandhill cranes. As many as 650 eagles winter in the area, with 150 eagles congregating at the end of the Homer Spit. There, the birds rendezvous with Jean Keene, known as the Eagle Lady. Nearly every day, from fear-somel- ld 7:30 P.M. NIGHTLY MOAB, UTAH Old Spanish Trail Arena Kids Only Mutton Bustin EaehNigM Saturday, June 11 - Rodeo Parade at 10 a.m. December through April, Keene throws fish in the air for eagles to snag, while delighted tourists gaze in awe and snap photos. She's been doing this for almost 30 years, but a backlash is growing, and wildlife biologists have begun protesting the perpetuation of Homers welfare eagles. Betsy Marston is editor of Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News in Colorado Paonia, (betsymhcn.org). Tips of Western oddities are always appreciated and often shared in the column, Heard around the West. IS hiif tfruJJuatm JKS r&OctWest CS3YSLE3 1ZZP CSSSS SORREL RIVER RANCH a .5 Bewtft leverage ijfc fyc'iU c liissui Eeiltj City Market svrv Red Cliffs Lodge Quit Til RESORT j J ToplStockSiSponsors Coldwell Banker Realty Sellsy Stslter, Realtor Supers lf C. Csci Cola Utah Fower & Light SltipZu KorilMin Tours Torres Masonry Aarchwaylnn Smittys South Eastern Title Co. |